JWST finds oldest black hole ever seen, and it's hungry
The James Webb space telescope has discovered the oldest and most distant black hole in recorded history.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope broke its own record to discover the oldest black hole yet, but it has astronomers even more confused about the beginning of the universe
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